And no, please go ahead (as you have done), Finduilas. I am simply going to institute an idea Firefoot and I had, but it will not directly effect the plot...not in that way. Yeah, it will make sense, I promise.

Personality: Jak is known about town as an unsociable body who is always cranky with other people and who has not been seen in Bree for the past ten years. He is rumored to eat raw meat out in the middle of the woods and haunts the wild like a beast.

History: Unknown.

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Name: OwynGender: MaleAge: Around 50Race: Man

Appearance: Owyn stands out with a darker complexion than Breelanders. He is a very stout, squat sort of man, standing at only about 5'6" but heavily built. He has greasy dark hair that is greying, and usually wears very simple clothing made of animal hides. He is also sometimes seen wearing a nightgown or robe of sorts.

Personality: He is known as a man who hates everyone and everything, and who has an upsetting interest in weapons and violence as a precise science.

History: has lived in Bree for at least 30 years in the same row-house on the eastern edge of town, and his house has aged considerably with him so that is in disrepair. He is rarely seen outside of his house except at night, and then usually he is only seen leaving his house or leaving the town. It is also rumoured among some that Owyn was born far away in the southeast, and that he served Sauron as a young man.

As these possible suspects are investigated, this information will undoubtedly be added to...

I'm not sure if I understand this concept so may I save the next post for me? I think it would fit rather well. The way I envision it happening is Kuric discuss the topic of the new people mentioned and then Sam can interject if he chooses.

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This is what I was thinking of for my next post, in the quote below. My original idea is that Sam heard one of Kuric's mutterings and is responding to that. However, if what I have below won't work with the story, let me know -- I'll be happy to edit. I'll wait till somebody tells me to post it or edit it.
--Dunwen

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"Volunteer to look good, is all they're doing and then when danger looks at them they put their tail between their legs and run. Bah!" Kuric spat.

Sam frowned. He wouldn’t be much of a hobbit if he didn't stick up for his friend.

“If I was you, Master Dwarf,” he said firmly, “I wouldn’t be so hasty to judge people. I’ve known Eric for twenty years and there’s no cowardly streak in him. But if he came with us and got hurt or worse, his ma and sister would be hard pressed to feed themselves. And he didn’t volunteer like the rest of us did. The mayor just told him he was going, willy-nilly.”

After a short pause, Sam cleared his throat self-consciously and addressed the girl. “Begging your pardon, Miss Leonora, but Jak might not be just a gaffer’s tale,” he said slowly. “Once or twice a year when we were boys, Eric and I would slip off to the Chetwood for a couple of days. Most of the time we'd do our hunting and come back home. But there were a few times when we thought we heard somebody chanting-like, pretty far away. It was always happened at night. We never could find out who it was. We did find Man tracks one time, and a fresh squirrel skin without any arrow mark, but that's all."

I'm working on a post, but will wait till Morm and Dunwen have finished their thing.

I think that it would work better, maybe, if Lommy's post came after Sam blew up at Kuric. She could maybe add near the beginning of her post that she(Leanora) was trying to change the subject back to the point. I just thought of this, so I'm not sure if it would work.

-Finduilas-

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Dunwen, I don't think that your post in its present form really fits. Perhaps if you started it off with something like: "As the others moved on, Sam was still thinking about Kuric's harsh words about his friend, and finally he broke into the flow of conversation..." Rather than Kuric's quote.

The other way that I could see this working is that maybe Sam corners Kuric later on, after the meeting is over. Something like "I heard what you said earlier, even if no one else did..." Maybe he was standing next to Kuric? That would also satisfy Morm's intention that Kuric muttered it.

It could be vocal, I have no problem with anybody overhearing it. The one problem I have with the post as it stands is that Kuric wouldn't really allow for a pause and allow Sam to begin speaking to Leonora. I obviously could write something that would make it fit nice and neat, if needed but Kuric's natural instinct would be to explode without thinking.

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Dunwen, I don't think that your post in its present form really fits. Perhaps if you started it off with something like: "As the others moved on, Sam was still thinking about Kuric's harsh words about his friend, and finally he broke into the flow of conversation..." Rather than Kuric's quote.

The other way that I could see this working is that maybe Sam corners Kuric later on, after the meeting is over. Something like "I heard what you said earlier, even if no one else did..." Maybe he was standing next to Kuric? That would also satisfy Morm's intention that Kuric muttered it.

Actually, I really like your second idea, Firefoot. If it's okay with Mormegil, I can set up a future conversation with Kuric by changing my post to have Sam standing next to Kuric and overhearing his mutter. In a later post Sam could then have a word with him when everyone else is leaving.

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Hi, sorry that I haven't been on much. I've just been really busy and lately things haven't been going so well around home... recently my dad told me that he wasn't my dad anymore except for biologically... so, things have just been totally crazy. I'll post when I can though.

Hello folks,
I believe I owe you all an apology, since I was part of this game and then I dissappeared suddenly. While I would not want to get into the details of what exactly happened to me, at least not in public like this, I hope you understand if I say that I found myself in a very unfortunate Real Life situation and I went through a difficult time, where posting on the 'downs was just not something I was thinking about. I should have let you know that I would no longer be participating, and for that I apologise, but I hope you understand that I was not quite thinking straight and a little gesture like that just didn't occurr to me.

An apology really doesn't cut it, but I give you one anyway: I am so very, very sorry.

I am alive. I could cite excuses for my disappearance, but why bother. There's really no excuse for not keeping up with this, a game of my own initiation.

I will get this moving again and will keep up with it. I am so very sorry to all of you. Thank you so much to everyone for hanging in there and especially to those of you who have tried so hard to keep it going.

I am so sorry to hear that, Forest Elf...I wish there was more I could say. My heart truly goes out to you. Please don't worry about anything here.

Welcome back, Farael - please, no worries. I am just sorry you had problems and I hope life is much better and will stay that way.

Again, I am so sorry, everyone, and I will post ASAP. I will also try and see if Firefoot is alright (she was keeping up with this much better than I was, so I hope everything's okay), and will carry along Toby for the time being if need be.

Please, don't worry about it at all, Forest Elf. This is just for fun, and not by any means a big obligation.

I have posted, and I hope within the next couple posts we can end the meeting and get headed to talk to...someone, in Bree.

Such as...

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Name: Edin CengalGender: MaleAge: 52Race: Man

Appearance: A short, stocky man that is almsot bald except for a few wisps of white hair. He is rather pudgy which he attests to both age and his love of bacon.

Personality: Edin is all about being no nonsense and to the point. He is largely very blunt, but he is very kind-hearted and can be very sensitive to those in need. He is very impatient and likes very much to always be on time. Schedules are important to him.

History: Edin has lived in Bree all his life, and still works his family's small pig farm outside of Bree, which has been attacked twice by the unknown enemy plaguing the town and outlying farms. The second time he found not only one of his largest pigs gone except for a few ghastly remains, but also the body of his dog.

I'm really sorry for my lack of participation here. I don't really have an excuse, only to say that I'm at a point in my life where if I really wanted to, I could probably make some time, it's been the "wanting to" that's been lacking. I wrote up a quick post for Toby to try and get some things going again. Sorry for my absence, and I'll try to keep up better with this...

If nobody has any objection, I think now would be a good time for Kuric to jump in again. Of course, he will complain that we are not going out into the wild today as looking around town wasn't the sort of action he was looking for. I don't want Kuric to monopolize the time though so please let me know if somebody else wants to respond first.

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